Genmab A/S announced that Birgitte Stephensen has been appointed to Chief Legal Officer and Chris Cozic has been appointed to Chief People Officer within the Genmab Executive Management Team and promoted to Executive Vice Presidents effective March1, 2022. Birgitte Stephensen joined Genmab in 2002 and previously served as Genmab's Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property Rights and Legal. Chris Cozic joined Genmab in 2017 and most recently served as Senior Vice President Global Human Resources.

Birgitte and Chris both serve on the Executive Management Team with Genmab's President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jan van de Winkel, Chief Development Officer Dr. Judith Klimovsky, Chief Financial Officer Anthony Pagano, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tahi Ahmadi, and Chief Operating Officer Anthony Mancini.Based in Genmab's headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, Birgitte has extensive experience from both private practice and industry working with intellectual property and legal matters within the pharmaceutical and biotech field. In her tenure at Genmab, she has been instrumental in leading the company's intellectual property rights and legal strategy. Based in Genmab's Princeton, U.S. office, Chris has extensive experience as a global human resource executive in strategic leadership, organization design, human resource management, policy development, employee relations, organizational development, and a heavy concentration in all aspects of corporate growth and expansion.

Prior to joining Genmab, he held leadership roles in the biopharma and telecommunications industries.